Dutch KAC 2014, AmstelveenProbably my best tournament result. I won the Korean Ambassador's Cup, which is a tournament held once a year to determine who can represent the Netherlands at the the Korean Prime Minister's Cup that takes place in Seoul.

The game on the left was played in the 5th round of the European Go Congress 2012, the last round of the first week. It was hot, everybody was eager to finish their week of go and I was paired against a 5dan from Canada. Eventhough I felt tired, I was determined to do my best in this game and was very focused.

In the first round I was fortunate to defeat David Seibt 4dan by half a point. After winning against another German in the third round - Jonas Welticke 4dan - Johannes Obenaus took revenge for the Germans in the 6th round. Beating me by 0,5.

​This was a fun game that I played fo the Netherlands against the Russian team. I played white against Oleg Mezhov 6dan, whose nickname is tsunamigo.

The game was quite exciting, with the opening not going so well for me and then a switch taking place in the middle game. It seems that this is a trend in my game: If I am clearly ahead after fuseki, I often end up losing, but when my opening is bad, the rest of my play is sharp and I win.